hold the line

基本解釋

Just as the north thinks it has good reason to hold the line, the south is loth to let the 2005 agreement go.
正當(dāng)北方人認(rèn)為他們有很好的理由保持現(xiàn)在的局面，南方人卻很不樂意放棄2005年簽署的和平協(xié)議。
Such rhetoric, of course, is not uncommon as a negotiating tactic by a company hoping to hold the line on a deal price.
當(dāng)然，作為堅(jiān)持己方報(bào)價(jià)的一種談判技巧，這種辭令在收購交易中屢見不鮮。
By emphasising how the current structures are broken, we can hold the line on our existing media system's decline while at the same time advocating for entirely new models.
通過強(qiáng)調(diào)當(dāng)前媒體的結(jié)構(gòu)如何不堪，我們可以既堅(jiān)守現(xiàn)存的這個(gè)腐朽的系統(tǒng)不放，也可以同時(shí)提倡一個(gè)嶄新的模式。

The Confederates could not hold the line.
Everyone would do that, no one would ever hold some other portfolio ... because you can see that this line is the lowest-- it's far--you want to get to the left as far as possible.
所有人都會(huì)這么做，沒人會(huì)選擇其他的投資組合,因?yàn)槟銈兛梢钥吹竭@條線是最低的-,你希望他越靠左越好。
耶魯公開課 - 金融市場課程節(jié)選
Some of the people in line have been waiting several hours to see, feel and hold Olympic medals.

Many of these debt-fighters are determined to hold the line against a debt ceiling increase.
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